亞細安

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (亞細安)		亞	細	安
simp. (亚细安)		亚	细	安

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English ASEAN, based on 亞細亞／亚细亚 (Yàxìyà, “Asia”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yàxì'ān, Yǎxì'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄢ, ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ sai³ on¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yàxì'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàsì-an
  - Wade–Giles: ya⁴-hsi⁴-an¹
  - Yale: yà-syì-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yahshihan
  - Palladius: ясиань (jasianʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yǎxì'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎsì-an
  - Wade–Giles: ya³-hsi⁴-an¹
  - Yale: yǎ-syì-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeashihan
  - Palladius: ясиань (jasianʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ sai³ on¹
  - Yale: a sai ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ sai³ on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ sei³ on¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ sɐi̯³³ ɔːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

亞細安

(～組織)(Singapore, Malaysia) Alternative term for 東南亞國家聯盟／东南亚国家联盟 (Dōngnányà Guójiā Liánméng, “ASEAN”).

Synonyms

(China) 東盟／东盟 (Dōngméng)

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